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"CLAVERLEY, a parish in the hundred of Brimstree, in the county of Salop 10 miles S.W. of the Wolverhampton station, and 6 E. of Bridgnorth. It includes the townships of Aston, Beobridge, Broughton, Dalicott, Farmcott, Gatacre, Heathton, Hopstone, Ludstone, Shipley, Sutton, and Wendell. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Hereford, value £300, in the patronage of T. Whitmore, Esq., who is lord of the manor. The patron has recently converted the perpetual curacy into a vicarage by charging his property at Ludstone in perpetuity with £100 per annum to meet the grant of £67 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; a rent-charge of £12 is paid also to the minister in lieu of moduses. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in various styles of architecture, with stained-glass windows. It contains monuments to the Gatacre family and to Lord Chief Justice Brooke, who also filled the offices of Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons. A memorial "Te Deum" window has been lately presented by W. Crowther, Esq., at a cost of £500. The endowed free school is now united with the National school. The parochial charities are considerable. The late John Crowther, of Wednesbury, left by will £1,000 to the poor of this parish, the interest of which to be laid out in clothing, and to be distributed annually on St. Thomas's Day. Chyknell Hall, Gatacre Park, Gatacre Hall, Dalicott House, and Ludstone Hall are the chief seats, the latter of which was built by the Whitmores in the reign of Charles I. There are three cattle fairs in the spring."[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2015]

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Church Records

  • The transcription of the Parish Registers for Claverley provided by Mel Lockie. 
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Gazetteers

Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2015

  • " ASTON, a township in the parish of Claverley, and hundred of Brimstree, in the county of Salop, 6 miles from Bridgnorth."
  • " BEOBRIDGE, a township in the parish of Claverley, hundred of Brimstree, in the county of Salop, 4 miles from Bridgnorth."
  • " BROUGHTON, a township in the parish of Claverley, hundred of Brimstree, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " DALLICOT, a hamlet in the parish of Claverley, Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstree, in the county of Salop, 1½ mile N.W. of Claverley, and 2½ miles N.E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " FARMCOTT, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 4 miles S.E. of Bridgnorth. Farmcar Hall is the principal residence."
  • " GATACRE, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 5 miles S.E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " HEATHTON, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 6 miles E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " HOPSTON, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 4 miles E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " LUDSTONE, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 5 miles E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " SHIPLEY, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 6 miles N.E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " SUTTON, a hamlet in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 4 miles E. of Bridgnorth."
  • " WOUNDALL, a township in the parish of Claverley, county Salop, 3 miles E. of Bridgnorth."
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